Prequels

Horrible word, isn’t it? In fact, I don’t think it’s a word. It has no place in the English language. Yet no classic novel is safe from writers determined to tell us what happened before the novel started, what the characters were like before they became interesting. Every classic novel must have its prequel. Same with great films. Some nincompoop is sure to come along and pump prequels on to our screens. Prequels are fashionable. Prequels are all the rage.

As everyone knows, I’m a slave to fashion. So I felt obliged to compose a prequel to a classic story, and here it is. (It actually started as an exercise in a creative writing class, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have bothered.)